The MXR M-113 Digital Delay has been one of the most popular first generation audio delays, as it had a good quality but was more affordable than the previous processors. Introduced in ’76 at around 1000 USD, it was still expensive, but a lot less than the other digital delays available in the market. […]

Echo, unlucky nymph Since ancient times, places destinated to public speech or shows, were chosen in base of their acoustical characteristics. A powerful voice listened near a sharp rock wall, could impress the public and add a magic ingredient, like if forces of nature were happy to help the venue, amplifying the wanted message. The […]

maxpro comes from maxprofessor, a nickname that was given to me while I was a fan of the Dub master Madprofessor, trying Dub techniques in the studio and giving classes of music technology, in a music school. As I grew up under my mother’s piano, I’ve been lucky to learn playing pretty early in […]

THE GRANDFATHER OF SYNTHS The Theremin can easily be consider the grandfather of the analog monophonic synthesizer. Looking very much as a vintage laboratory tool, its two antennas tend to make it look more as an experimental valve radio than a musical instrument, with some obvious Cyberpunk flavor! Invented by Lev Termen almost 100 years […]

OK, a failure can happen even to the most modern synths, most commonly caused by a failing component, but finding a tiny polystyrene pellet right inside the contacts of my Elektron Analog Keys keyboard, has been really surprising. The small fluffy ball, found the way through, still in the production phase I guess, as […]

KORG MS-50 1979 Modular Analog Synth For “The Dark Side”, I mean the real nightmare always lurking, while playing with vintage machines: Their tendency to break apart, often in the middle of an important session. Always the best option, if possible, is to be able to do some small fixes in “DIY mode”, to […]

Cheap and easy Are you sure analog recording is reserved to just to a few lucky audio nerds, with big budgets at their disposal? Even if this, considering the price and maintenance requirements for top end professional analog equipment, is pretty true today, recording in analog isn’t expensive when we take in […]

Vintage gear have a special appeal, but need continuous cures and repairs to remain operative during the years. Older machines are usually easier to maintain, due to their simpler “discrete” design. Most of the components are easily available and rare parts are usually not too many. The Minimoog is one of these machines, potentially “eternal”, if […]

ORIGINAL SOUNDS ONLY OSO, originalsoundsonly.com is a promise, a sort of mission with some historical and experimental purposes, while at the same time, a good excuse to having fun! The idea is to make music of the more recent genres, using sounds created for that track, only. When possible, using vintage or rare sound […]